Is Vegetable soup ultra-processed?

400 g Vegetable soups Sold in Ireland

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

24 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed fruits and vegetables based foods

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, potato 15%, carrot 9%, swede 4.5%, Red Lentils, onion 4%, parsnip 4%, peas 4%, leek 2%, sweetcorn 2%, tomato 1%, Vegetable Stock (Salt (processing marker), Yeast Extract, Rice Flour, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Turmeric, Onion, Carrot, Parsley, Celery), Salt (processing marker), Parsley, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Water, POTATO (15%), CARROT (9%), SWEDE (4.5%), Red Lentils, ONION (4%), PARSNIP (4%), PEAS (4%), LEEK (2%), SWEETCORN (2%), TOMATO (1%), Vegetable Stock (Salt, Yeast Extract, Rice Flour, Sunflower Oil, Turmeric, Onion, Carrot, Parsley, Celery), Salt, Parsley, Black Pepper. ALLERGY ADVICE:

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 226 vegetable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 67th. 52% of the vegetable soups here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 226 vegetable soups, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600071725, last edited 2 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.